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The photos above are a)the official headshot and b)a picture taken some time ago ,of Justine Greenings, Secretary of State for Transpost in the British Parliment. Now, why, I hear you ask, am I putting photos of a British MP on my blog.I will explain......today I had to spend some time in a posh hospital and luckily it involved an extended period of watching Sky news on a Sony Bravia flat screen. (I would like to point out that I was there in a personal capacity, not as part of my job, before you all think Sony Bravia viewing is acceptable during a public servants workling day!) There was great excitement in advance of the Secretary of State for Transport's official announcement of the approval of the HS2 High Speed train, which would travel at 225km per hour from London to Birmingham in 49 minutes !!!! I kid you not. In advance of going "live" to the Commons, we heard from locals who lived in various villages along the route who were not happy, we viewed a couple of quie...

So I am driving to worl, glance down and notice what I think is a 6 inch long blonde hair on my black trouser thigh. I pick it up thinking how blonde it is and then it happens....I realise it's GREY !I was somewhat paralysed by this realisation and it is a miracle I did not crash the car. I could not just ignore it or throw it away so I allowed it to rest back on my trouser leg as I continued my journey to work, glancing down every now and again to check that the colour hadn't changed....it didn't. As I parked, I paused for a moment before I threw it out onto the car park tarmac, just before changing the angle of the rear view mirror so that I could assess the rest of my head....well the bits I could see having contorted myself like I was having some kind of fit in the car !I realised that I would have to go to work even though I was in the midst of post traumatic stress. I mentioned to my colleagues my distressing find, only to find that non one had any sympathy, as they h...